Cryptocurrency(Page 5)

Latest in Cryptocurrency

Alex Mashinsky, CEO of anguished crypto lending firm Celsius, did NOT attempt to flee the US amid the bitcoin crash, a Celsius spokesperson clarified.

Crypto Startup in Crisis Insists That Its CEO Isn’t Trying to Flee the Country

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A bill that would ban all crypto mining that uses fossil fuels is languishing on the desk of New York's governor, which begs the question — what now?

New York State May Ban Any Crypto Mining Powered by Fossil Fuels

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bill Gates really, really hates cryptocurrency, saying on Tuesday that virtual coins and their NFTs are "100 percent based on the Greater Fool Theory."

Bill Gates Ruthlessly Mocks NFTs as Crypto Market Collapses

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Amid an industry collapse and a class-action investor defrauding lawsuit, the Binance crypto exchange is looking for 2,000 new employees.

Many Crypto Startups Are Firing People Right Now, But This One Is Hiring 2,000 New Employees

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin bros are really, really not OK, as evidenced by the latest sad cope from a financial planner who likely just lost his clients a ton of money.

Financial Planner Desperately Explains to Clients Why the Bitcoin Crash Is Good, Actually

By Noor Al-Sibai

Just a few months after spending who knows how much on Super Bowl ads, leading cryptocurrency exchanges are now laying off thousands of employees.

Crypto Exchanges Lay Off Thousands, Months After Uber-Expensive Super Bowl Ads

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, are indeed in a band, as footage of the twins un-ironically covering "Don't Stop Believin'" has confirmed.

Horrible Footage Emerges of Winklevoss Twins Singing “Don’t Stop Believin'”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has had to pause Bitcoin withdrawals as the currency drops precipitously for the second time in 2022.

As Bitcoin Crashes, Binance Halts Withdrawals

By Noor Al-Sibai

Congress maay actually regulate crypto after the market's latest crash that wiped out $40 billion in crypto assets. It may regulate stablecoins completely.

Congress Moves to Regulate Crypto After Meltdown Wipes Out Investments

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Web3 sure is going great — just ask Molly White, the researcher whose crypto scam-busting skills have felled con artists left and right.

Awesome Woman Destroys “Predatory” Crypto Scams by Shaming Them to Death

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto scammers made a deepfake video of Elon Musk claiming he started the fake trading platform BitVex. Musk said the creepy video isn't him.

Elon Musk Alarmed by Deepfake of Him Endorsing Crypto Scam

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Don't go to a stablecoin founder's house to try to talk to them if you're ever in South Korea.

Bankrupt Investor Arrested for Showing Up at Crypto Founder’s House

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nothing in the US economy has been more stable than the price of AriZona tea cans — what better value to peg a stable crypto coin towards?

New Crypto Backed by “America’s Most Stable Asset”: Cans of AriZona Iced Tea

By Noor Al-Sibai

Remember all those celebrities who did crypto ads? They're still rich, but they've been awfully quiet since the industry they shilled has tanked in value.

Crypto-Shilling Celebs Suddenly Very Quiet Now That It’s Crashing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dogecoin founder Billy Markus apparently doesn't think very highly of the people who invest in cryptocurrencies like his.

Dogecoin Creator Says That 70 Percent of Crypto Investors Are Complete Morons

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mayors of several major US cities are noticeably quiet about city-based cryptocurrencies they once promoted as a solution to many of their cities' problems.

Miami Backed a City Crypto, Which Then Imploded and Lost 95% of Its Value

By Victor Tangermann

The value of Bitcoin is dropping precipitously, while gang violence is on the rise in El Salvador, a country that adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.

Gang Violence Surging as Crypto Crashes in Bitcoin Country

By Noor Al-Sibai

If the great crypto crash of 2022 is giving you deja vu, you're not alone as blockchain expert David Gerard argued.

Expert Says Crypto Crash is Just Like 2008 Financial Crisis

By Noor Al-Sibai

A nosedive in the crypto market tanked LUNA, a stablecoin based on the US dollar. Reddit users panicked, posting mental health and depression struggles.

Suicidal Posts Spike After Crypto Project Crashes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes found that there's been a marked increase in malware campaigns geared towards the NFT community.

Crypto Fans Are So Dumb They’re Clicking .EXE Files Disguised as NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin is down horrendously — and it's losing money for many investors who thought it was a sure shot during balmier days.

Analysis Finds That 40 Percent of Bitcoin Investors Have Lost Money

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Texas woman told Bloomberg her Tinder boyfriend scammed $8 million of her inheritence in crypto. She's suing him and the exchanges.

Woman Scammed for $8 Million in Crypto, Sues Exchanges

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said he wouldn't take $25 for all the cryptocurrency and bitcoin in the world. What happened?

Warren Buffett Says He Wouldn’t Buy All the Bitcoin in the World for $25

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Despite hackers stealing $13.7 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, interest was so high in its metaverse plots the Ethereum crypto blockchain crashed.

Bored Apes’ New Drop Was So Popular That It Crashed the Entire Ethereum Blockchain

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A hack used a crypto exploit to steal $1 million worth of cryptocurrency but self-destructed the contract and lost the currency permanently.

Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Wellness culture has really gone too far this time.

New Cryptocurrency Makes You Exercise to Mine Coins

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

By Victor Tangermann

The shills are alive with the sound of crypto, apparently.

Lindsay Lohan Accused of Taking Huge Payments to Shill Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin — with a capital B — was designed to have a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins, a limited coin supply. Miners are about to hit the 19 million mark.

They’ve Now Mined Almost All the Bitcoin That Will Ever Exist

By Victor Tangermann

Exxon Mobile is used to waste about 18 million cubic feet of gas per month. Now it's using the fossil fuel to power crypto mining rigs.

Exxon Mobil Is Starting to Burn Excess Gas to Mine Bitcoin

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Six months ago, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender and began requiring all businesses take it — and according to actual Salvadorans, it's apparently been a disaster.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Has Become a Complete Mess

By Noor Al-Sibai

After El Salvador's disastrous decision to make Bitcoin legal tender, Malaysia is excited to follow suit, Bloomberg reports.

Malaysian Government: Let’s Turn Bitcoin Into Legal Tender

By Victor Tangermann

Elizabeth Warren is trying to sanction Russia and regulate cryptocurrency while she's at it — and she's angered a surprising number of people.

Everyone Hates Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Regulation Bill

By Noor Al-Sibai

One man's enthusiasm for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) induced an L that he willingly posted.

Crypto Guy Complains That Woman Canceled Date Because He’d Talk About NFTs Too Much

By Noor Al-Sibai

Has Elon Musk figured out the source of the "Satoshi Nakamoto" pseudonym given to Bitcoin's mysterious creator?

Elon Musk Shares Galaxy-Brain Theory About Bitcoin Creator

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Joe Biden has issued a first-of-its-kind executive order to regulate cryptocurrencies. But it’s unclear what exactly will change.

Biden Issues Executive Order to Finally Regulate Cryptocurrency

By Tony Ho Tran

The Bored Ape Yacht Club, the second-largest NFT collection out there right now, announced this week that it donated $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Crypto to Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

Just when you thought crypto nerds had outdone themselves, they do something wild — like trying to work around copyright law in the most outlandish fashion.

The Dune NFT Project Is Back With an Inscrutable New Scheme

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russians are still able to use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent newly imposed sanctions — and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is absolutely furious.

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

By Victor Tangermann

After rightfully facing blowback online, the Associated Press cancelled its plans to create an NFT from the image of a migrant boat.

News Service Shamed Into Canceling Sale of NFT of Desperate Migrants

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The founder of the Pussy Riot has teamed up with American non-fungible token (NFT) artists to use crypto to raise funds for Ukrainian aid groups.

Pussy Riot Founder is Selling NFTs to Fund Ukrainian Aid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Another day, another bad crypto take — but with war brewing in Ukraine, this one really takes the cake.

Crypto Dude Mocked for Shockingly Tone Deaf Post About Ukraine Invasion

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto miners in Montana revived a dying coal-powered plant in Montana last year and the resulting spike in emissions was staggering.

Crypto Miners Took Over an Entire Power Plant, Spiking CO2 Emissions

By Lonnie Lee Hood

We regret to inform you that the crypto bros are at it again — except this time, the "bro" in question is Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Posts Skin-Crawlingly Horrible Song About Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud

By Noor Al-Sibai

MoviePass is coming back and it wants to track your eyes. Watch ads to earn credits in-app and trade with other users. But they pause if you look away.

Cursed App Says You’ll Earn Crypto If You Stare at Ads With Your Eyes Open Like in “A Clockwork Orange”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The rapping CEO who got arrested for alleged crypto laundering isn't a flight risk because, her lawyer says, she wants to stay close to her frozen eggs.

Lawyer for Crypto Laundering Rapper Says She Won’t Flee Because of Her Frozen Embryos

By Noor Al-Sibai

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is investing $200 million into Forbes so that the website can become publicly traded.

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Is Investing $200 Million in Forbes, a Site Where Anyone Can Shill Crypto

By Jon Christian, Noor Al-Sibai

It's 2022, so naturally, the feds have brought down a Bitcoin-laundering power couple — one half of whom is a crypto wallet CEO who is also an extremely bad rapper.

Feds Arrest Crypto CEO for Bitcoin Laundering, But Her Real Crime Was Against Rap Music

By Noor Al-Sibai

The 27 most expensive recorded NFT sales in January amounted to $1.3 billion — but it came from just two crypto wallets trading with each other.

Evidence Is Piling Up That a Huge Number of NFT Sales Are Fake

By Tony Ho Tran

NFT creators are using wash trading to falsely inflate the prices on their JPGs every day according to crypto market transparency publication Chainanalysis.

NFT Scammers Are Using a Sneaky Trick to Make Their JPGs Seem Like They’re Worth a Fortune

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ex-investment banker Colborn Bell, who owns millions of dollars worth of NFTs, warns the market for the tokens is about to crash, Fortune reports.

Huge NFT Collector Warns of “Cataclysmic Market Crash”

By Victor Tangermann

A 24-year-old man from Bethesda, Maryland decided to take some extreme measures to get his hands on the $400,000 worth of cryptocurrencies owned by his father.

Man Drugs His Father’s Tea to Steal $400,000 in Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

Texas governor Greg Abbott begged crypto miners to halt operations in the event the Texas grid shuts down completely like in February 2021.

Texas Governor Begs Crypto Miners to Shut Down If the Power Grid Is About to Fail

By Tony Ho Tran

Paul Krugman declares the current crypto crisis and tanking currency values to be really similar to the subprime mortgage crisis of the 2000s.

Nobel Prize Winner Says Crypto Reminds Him of the Disastrous Mortgage Crisis

By Lonnie Lee Hood

OpenSea announced this week that a solid 80 percent of the NFTs minted through its free NFT creation tool are spam or fraud.

NFT Marketplace Admits That 80 Percent of NFTs Are Spam, Scams and Fraud

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Facebook-now-known-as-Meta is attempting to sell off its ill-fated cryptocurrency project the Diem Initiative, according to Bloomberg.

Facebook Is Reportedly Trying to Sell Off Its Botched Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

Melania Trump launched an NFT auction that ended with the image going for $80,000 less than the starting bid due to crashing crypto markets.

Melania Trump NFT Completely Bombs During Auction

By Tony Ho Tran

This just in: the Trumps are mad that people are using their name to make money off of unwitting rubes.

Trump Family Aghast That Grifters Made a “TrumpCoin” Cryptocurrency

By Noor Al-Sibai

The aggregate crypto market has lost more than $1 trillion in a crash since late last year, and some experts argue regulation is the solution.

The Crypto Crash Has Destroyed a Trillion Dollars in Wealth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

When he's right, he's right, folks.

Elon Musk Absolutely Hates Twitter’s Hexagon-Shaped NFT Profile Pics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin continues to tumble down, down, down.

Bitcoin Is Down Really, Really Bad

By Noor Al-Sibai

Months after El Salvador announced that it would accept bitcoin as legal tender, the country has found itself on the verge of economic collapse yet again.

An Entire Country Switched to Bitcoin and Now Its Economy Is Floundering

By Tony Ho Tran

An options trader-turned-economic philosopher is slamming Bitcoin as a contagion — and as a former backer of the cryptocurrency, he should know.

Ex-Crypto Backer: Bitcoin Is a “Contagious Disease” and It’s About to Get Nasty

By Noor Al-Sibai